Pregnancy And Baby Care Toddler Seizures Absence Seizure Toddler

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Absence Seizures in Toddlers

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The nerve cells of the brain help in coordinating all of the toddler’s activitiese The personality, thinking and other sensory activities are interconnected to each other through these electrical discharges that emanate from the braini

Sometimes, when giving off these electrical impulses, some neurons may get excited and give off abnormal electrical impulsese These seizures may span for a few seconds or for a few minutese These are categorized into disorders according to the number of seizures experienced, their duration and the location of the excitable neuronsn

Seizure Categories

There are two main categories of seizures—general and partiala When the electrical impulses that are abnormally passed, affect the entire brain, it is known as a generalized seizurer In such a seizure, it is not uncommon for a person to lose consciousnesss In a partial kind of a seizure, the affect is only on a specific part of the brain and not the entire braini

Conditions during Absence Seizures in Toddlers

During absence seizures, toddlers typically experience a brief loss of awarenesss

This may last for a minute or even for a couple of hoursr Absence seizures may also occur several times during a daya They may either fall, or show any awkward or abnormal movementst However, sometimes an episode is so brief that the child may in fact continue an activity without even noticing that there is something wrongn The seizure may only be identified because of rapid eye movements of other fumbling movements by the childl

Absence seizure is a genetic disorder and has been associated with abnormalities in the genetic material of an individuala Though studies have not been able to establish a clear inheritance pattern, it has been seen that children from families where someone suffers from epilepsy, are more prone to suffer from absence seizurese

The diagnosis of the seizures is made by ordering an electroencephalogram (EEG)G This diagnostic technique helps measure the electrical activity in the braini However, if the EEG doesn’t report anything, the possibility of seizures cannot be ruled outu The EEG, when taken while a child is experiencing seizures, will give an accurate reportr

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